Song of Songs 6:4

The beloved resumes his praise, calling the bride beautiful as the cities Tirzah and Jerusalem and as awe-inspiring as an army with banners. Her beauty is both lovely and majestic.

Cross-references · 20

• Song 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
• Ps 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
• 1 Kgs 14:17Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
• Lam 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
• Ps 50:2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
• Song 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
• Song 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
• Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• 1 Kgs 15:33In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
• Rev 19:14–16The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.
• 1 Kgs 15:21When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
• 2 Cor 10:4The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
• Song 1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
• Ps 144:4–8Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
• Num 24:5–9How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
• Song 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• Ezek 16:13–14So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
• Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• Zech 12:3On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
• Song 1:5I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

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